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diff --git a/share/man/man7/freebsd-base.7 b/share/man/man7/freebsd-base.7
--- a/share/man/man7/freebsd-base.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/freebsd-base.7
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd February 26, 2026
+.Dd February 27, 2026
.Dt FREEBSD-BASE 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -217,6 +217,29 @@
pkg -r /ppcdev -oABI=FreeBSD:16:powerpc64le \e
install FreeBSD-set-devel
.Ed
+.Ss Example 6: Enroll a currently running system
+Convert an existing installation to use base packages:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+pkg install --register-only FreeBSD-set-base
+.Ed
+.Pp
+.Sy Warning:
+this will prevent updating the system with
+.Xr freebsd-update 8 .
+.Ss Example 7: Unenroll a currently running system
+Disassociate the base system from the package manager:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+pkg unregister -f 'FreeBSD-\e*'
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Disable the base system package repository:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+rm /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf
+.Ed
+.Pp
+.Sy Warning:
+this will prevent updating the base system via
+.Xr pkg 8 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr build 7 ,
.Xr pkg 8 ,
@@ -225,3 +248,4 @@
Support for installing the base system as packages was introduced in
.Fx 15.0 .
Earlier releases supported a subset of this functionality.
+Support for registering an existing installation appeared in pkg 2.5.
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